Cleanup from snow continues

Remnants of Sunday’s snowstorm were still being cleared away at the end of the week.

Downtown Adrian streets were to be closed early this morning to allow snow piles to be scooped up and trucked to the department of public works lot.

“Loaders, trucks and pretty much everything we have will be used,” said city engineer Kristin Bauer in announcing the street closing on Friday. Vehicles were banned from Main and Maumee streets and Maiden Lane between 3 and 9 a.m. to give equipment room to operate.

Salt and thawing temperatures allowed crews on Friday to scrape away packed snow and ice that had covered city streets since Sunday’s storm, Bauer said.

Temperatures dipped as low as minus 18 degrees Wednesday morning in Adrian, according to the National Weather Service office in Detroit. The extreme cold kept hard packed snow in place following an 8-inch snowfall on Sunday.

Lenawee County Road Commission crews were also busy Friday, peeling ice and packed snow off pavement.

Temperatures had recovered enough by Thursday for salt to begin melting the hard pack covering, he said. A sand and salt mixture was spread Thursday the length of paved roads across the county.

“We wanted to get the material on it and let the material set and be worked in by the traffic,” he said. Packed snow and ice loosened overnight, he said, and crews were plowing to bare pavement Friday.

Preparations were also being made to call in crews this weekend to deal with local flooding expected to result from rain and melting snow.